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The Supreme court was included in all processes The Supreme court (SC) has proposed a major procedural reform. The amendments, which are designed to reduce the burden on judges and make it easier for them to rule on disputes, will affect civil, arbitration and administrative proceedings. Decisions on many cases the courts will be able to motivate, elbows on economic disputes will be challenged to consider themselves judge, the appeal will become the sole, and the citizens will have to learn about meetings with his participation. In addition, it is supposed to decipher the code of Criminal procedure, the concept of entrepreneurs who are not subject to arrest for economic crimes, and strengthen requirements for judges and investigators in the extension of preventive measures. The Plenum of the armed forces approved submission to the state Duma the bills on amendments to the Civil procedure (CPC), Arbitration procedure (AIC) and the

The state Department explained the reason for the invasion of the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco WASHINGTON, October 3 — RIA Novosti. Employees of the U.S. state Department entered the building of the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco, because the time allotted for living there are Russians, has ended, said the official representative of the Ministry Heather Nauert. Earlier, the Russian foreign Ministry posted a statement, which noted that “completely captured all the premises of the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco.” “October first was the day which we kindly provided the Russian government, because we know that some of these buildings (Consulate — ed.) families. Some people lived in these areas at the office. When we found out, we offered extra time, so they gathered their things and left. So we allowed them to live in these apartments until October 1, and their time

U.S. Ambassador to Russia John huntsman © REUTERS/Molly Riley MOSCOW, 3 Oct. /TASS/. The Kremlin hopes that the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, headed by the new Ambassador John Huntsman will contribute to the restoration of relations between the two countries, the damage which was caused by the actions of Washington. This was stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.

Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA in Russia John huntsman, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin receives credentials from new ambassadors 20 in Russia. Among them – the head of the diplomatic mission of the USA John huntsman, the ambassadors of France, Sylvie-Agnes Berman and Spain Ignacio ybáñez Rubio. The ceremony of presenting credentials, traditionally held in the Grand Kremlin Palace, symbolizes the beginning of a diplomatic career of the new Ambassador in the country of destination. It is open to diplomats, who arrived in Russia in recent weeks. Usually the head of state addresses them with a greeting, pausing briefly on the relations of Moscow with each of the States represented, and receive the credentials. The ceremony ends with an informal conversation over a glass of champagne

Ramazan Abdulatipov © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MAKHACHKALA, October 3. /TASS/. Ramazan Abdulatipov after the resignation from the post of head of the Republic of Dagestan plans to take a position at the Federal level. About this 71-year-old politician said on Tuesday, TASS reported. “There is understanding, there is an agreement [on employment]. It will [work] at the Federal level”, – said Abdulatipov.

Photo: RIA Novosti Today will be a meeting on the possibility of introducing in Russia the value added tax (VAT) on the purchase of goods in foreign online stores. In discussion will participate representatives of the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS), the economic development Ministry, Finance Ministry, Federal tax service (FNS), the Federal customs service (FCS), told Prime. Recall that we are talking about the development of a set of measures which will equalize conditions of activity between Russian and foreign online sellers. In particular, the possibility of introducing 18-percent value added tax (VAT) on purchases made in foreign online stores. Meanwhile “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” reported earlier that the threshold for duties on goods in international mail (IGOS) in Russia may be reduced from 1 July 2018 up to 20 euros. This was discussed in the package of documents to the draft Federal budget for the next three years. It is assumed